gypsy wrote:We will be having the traditional celebration~Turkey and all the trimmings! Good Food, Family, and Friends~

We will be having the traditional food (Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans..etc) but no family. Just my brother and I, and maybe a friend or two. I don't like going to someone elses house to eat, and we don't have much family left. The ones that are still alive are Christians and they don't like smoking and drinking beer. So I say fine you won't be seeing much of me then. I like cooking thanksgiving dinner in my own house, and if a friend wants to come over that day its fine by me. I don't like being around people that don't like what I do. So I don't associate with them.

SSC

I never stuff a turkey, to much of a risk for under cooking plus the internal juices just don't appeal to me soaking into stuffing, I make an oyster dressing almost like stuffing just a little more flavor. Deep fried turkeys have been on a Thanksgiving table in these parts for over 20 years, it isn't anything new to us .

Oh ok, I never had a fried turkey before. The reason I don't like that idea is because you lose the turkey juice in the oil. When you bake it in a pan you can spoon some juice on your turkey and potatoes. But I'd try a fried turkey of course, just never had it.

SSC

Tyler when you deep fry it seals all the juice in as soon as it is submerged in the oil, so the turkey is very juicy, it isn't hard to do but there are precautions you have to take or the whole thing can go up in flames. Deep fried turkeys became a past time for several holidays in my area, it was started at an old VFW , they experimented with lbs and oil temp, in the beginning they used a wire clothes hanger ( they made a harness from it ) attached it to a broom handle and lowered it into a pot of oil. There are several different seasonings you can use.

gypsy

I love learning ,and experiencing different ones..we are the only country celebrating Thanksgiving..just imagine,back then,when winter was sitting in,the hardships, we will never experience.The strength,endurance,a community working as one,we could take lessons//we need lesson.'s.United we Stand,Divided we falllets get our act together.

SSC wrote:Tyler when you deep fry it seals all the juice in as soon as it is submerged in the oil, so the turkey is very juicy, it isn't hard to do but there are precautions you have to take or the whole thing can go up in flames. Deep fried turkeys became a past time for several holidays in my area, it was started at an old VFW , they experimented with lbs and oil temp, in the beginning they used a wire clothes hanger ( they made a harness from it ) attached it to a broom handle and lowered it into a pot of oil. There are several different seasonings you can use.

Ok that makes sense. I like my turkey juicy is why I said that. I always spoon out some in the pan and put it on top of everything. I'll have to try deep frying one someday that sounds good. First I'll have to get a deep fryer big enough to cook a turkey. This year we're going to use the oven as usual.

Well I think I'm not going to get a turkey deep fryer. I've been satisfied all my life with oven cooked turkeys. Totally satisfied. Its the way my family have always cooked them so I'm sticking with that. My grandmothers and grandfathers didn't have a deep fryer, they cooked them in the oven. Also, I like the smell of the turkey cooking in the oven that goes all thru the house.

SSC

It takes 5 gallons of peanut oil to fry but you can do as many as 4-5 turkeys in the same oil, it takes about 30-35 minutes to fry a 10 lb turkey, that is why we do a get together and fry several for other families. I have the whole set up propane tank and all. There is an electric deep fryer on the market but not sure it would hold a 10=12 lb turkey.